Jefferson Mays

Broadway Review: “Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol” at The Nederlander Theatre (Closed Sunday, January 1, 2023)

November 21, 2022 | Broadway, on that day > | "Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol", Ben Stanton (lighting design), Cookie Jordan (hair and makeup design), Dane Laffrey (scenic and costume design), David Roberts, Jefferson Mays, John Kristiansen (puppet design), Joshua D. Reid (sound design), Justin Scribner (associate director and production stage manager), Lucy Mackinnon (projection design), Michael Arden, Stephen Kopel (casting director), Susan Lyons, The Nederlander Theatre, Theatre Reviews Limited

Under Michael Arden’s meticulous direction, Jefferson Mays navigates through his adaptation (with Susan Lyons and Michael Arden) of the five staves of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” with the full arsenal of his impressive craft. In addition to the protagonist Ebenezer Scrooge, Mr. Mays portrays and reimagines fifty of Charles Dickens’ iconic characters with the full range of emotion from…

Broadway Review: “The Music Man” at the Wintergarden Theatre (Currently On)

February 19, 2022 | a man of, Broadway > | "The Music Man", Andrew Minard, Ann Sanders, Audrey Cardwell, Aydin Eyikan, Benjamin Pajak, Branch Woodman, Brian MacDevitt (Lighting Design), Carlee Flanagan, Curtis Holland, Daniel Patrick Russell, Daniel Torres, David Chase (Vocal and Dance Arrangements), Eddie Korbich, Eloise Kropp, Emily Hoder, Emma Crow, Ethan Lafazan, Ethen Green-Younger, Garrett Long, Gino Cosculluela, Hugh Jackman, Jayne Houdyshell, Jefferson Mays, Jerry Zaks, Jessica Sheridan, Jonathan Tunick (Orchestrations), Jordan Beall, JT Church, Kammie Crum, Kathy Voytko, Kayla LaVine, Kayla Teruel, Lance Roberts, Linda Mugleston, Luc Verschueren for Campbell Young and Associates, Maria Briggs, Marie Mullen, Max Clayton, Meredith Willson, Mitchell Tobin, Nicholas Ward, Nick Alvino, Patrick Vaccariello (Musical Director), Phillip Boykin, Rema Webb, Remy Auberjonois, Ronnie S. Bowman Jr., Ryan Worsing, Santo Loquasto (Scenic & Costume Design), Scott Lehrer (Sound Design), Sean Montgomery, Sherisse Springer, Shuler Hensley, Sutton Foster, Tanner Quirk, Warren Carlyle, William Thomas Colin, Wintergarden Theatre

The recent revival of “The Music Man” which has opened at the Winter Garden Theater comes to the stage with some good news for fans of a certain celebrity, and some bad news for avid theater goers looking for an astounding reincarnation of this classic musical. Audience members who have come to the theater to see the megastar, namely Hugh…

Video on Demand Review: Charles Dickens’s “A Christmas Carol” Starring Jefferson Mays (through January 3, 2010)

December 21, 2020 | a christmas carol, a man of, Best Bet, the collaboration, the old man > | "A Christmas Carol", Charles Dickens, Chris Whitaker, Dane Laffrey, Geffen Playhouse, Jefferson Mays, Michael Arden, Susan Lyons

“Scrooge,” Noel Langley’s 1951 black-and-white film adaptation of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol,” is perhaps the most celebrated version of the holiday classic. Notable among the several solo “A Christmas Carol” performances are those featuring Guy Masterson, Patrick Stewart, and Dick Terhune. But none of these matches the filmed version starring Jefferson Mays which is based on the acclaimed 2018…